Hastings Street, Napier
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Public Domain
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About this object
View of Hastings Street looking south from Shakespeare Road thought to have been taken around 1898. R Hannah and Company (The Hawke’s Bay and Napier Cash Boot Market) is located on the corner of Hastings Street and Browning Street. Other businesses visible along the left side of Hastings Street include S E Cooper (watchmaker and jeweller), the Masonic Hotel, and H Williams (ironmonger). On the extreme right of the image stands the old Post office. Behind the Post Office is the Bank of New Zealand. Further along Hastings Street signs advertising the Ringland Brothers (hatters and hosiers), the Criterion Hotel and the Union Bank of Australia are visible. Horse drawn carriages run along Hastings Street.
Photographer, unknown.
Photographer, unknown.
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Black and white photograph mounted on hardboard.
Media/Materials
Measurements
Photograph: Height x Width: 92 x 154mm
Card: Height x Width: 97 x 160mm
Card: Height x Width: 97 x 160mm
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Subject person
Subject period
Subject date
1898
Current rights
Caption
Collection of Hawke's Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Tā-ū-rangi, 8651
Other number(s)
8651, 76013
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